Definition of priority
priorities
1a (1) : the quality or state of being prior (2) : precedence in date or position of publication —used of taxab (1) : superiority in rank, position, or privilege (2) : legal precedence in exercise of rights over the same subject matter
2 : a preferential rating; especially : one that allocates rights to goods and services usually in limited supply that project has top priority
3 : something given or meriting attention before competing alternatives
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Examples of priority in a Sentence
Reorganizing the sales force will be a top priority for the new president.
Getting the work done on time is a priority for me.
She decided to go to the party instead of studying? Where are her priorities?
I know you want to buy a new stereo, but right now, saving for college has to take priority.
Recent Examples of priority from the Web
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Congress will set the national budget and therefore the education priorities.
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The school has a program that trains commercial truck drivers, and the agreement would have the company promising to give the school's graduates priority for any jobs at the Gary facility, Davis said.
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Republican Gov. Greg Abbott had declared additional child welfare spending and reforms a priority for the Texas Legislature.
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The Obama administration made the Trans-Pacific Partnership a priority in part to counter China’s economic leverage in Asia.
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The public relations mission quickly became a priority for the firm, documents show.
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While other aspects of Dodd-Frank — such as the Volcker Rule restriction on banks' trading — get more attention, repealing the Durbin amendment has been one of the finance industry's top priorities in Washington for years.
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The unveiling of President Trump’s first budget and the initial congressional hearings on overhauling the tax code should have brought clarity to the administration’s top legislative priorities.
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NASA's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal was released today, and some of the priorities of the agency are going to get switched around.
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First Known Use of priority
14th century
PRIORITY Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of priority for English Language Learners
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: something that is more important than other things and that needs to be done or dealt with first
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priorities : the things that someone cares about and thinks are important
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: the condition of being more important than something or someone else and therefore coming or being dealt with first
PRIORITY Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of priority for Students
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: a condition of being more important than other things
Law Dictionary
Legal Definition of priority
priorities
: precedence in exercise of rights in the same subject matter secured interests have priority over unsecured ones
priority
Legal Definition of priority
1 : having precedence over another in the exercise of rights in the same subject matter a priority creditor a priority claim
2 : of or relating to priority a priority contest
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